Both Uses
besiege
in
The Aeneid
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- This little spot of land, which Heav'n bestows, On ev'ry side is hemm'd with warlike foes; Gaetulian cities here are spread around, And fierce Numidians there your frontiers bound; Here lies a barren waste of thirsty land, And there the Syrtes raise the moving sand; Barcaean troops besiege the narrow shore, And from the sea Pygmalion threatens more.†
Book 4besiege = surround and cut-off supplies; or overwhelm
- Of various forms unnumber'd specters more, Centaurs, and double shapes, besiege the door.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(besiege) to surround a place with armed forces and cut off supplies or attack; or more generally, to overwhelm someone with many requests, complaints, or attention, as if surrounding them and not letting up
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)